Shock-binder.



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.SHOCK BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1914.

WW Patented May'28,1918.

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SHOCK-BINDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May as, rare.

Application filed May 15, 1914. Serial No. 838,809.

Be it knownthat 1, Trauma: WV. VAN ZANTE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Pella, in.the county of Marion and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shock-Bind ers, of which the following is a specificationJ This invention relates to shock binders for grain, etc.,having for one of itsobjects to provide for the automatic locking of the binder by the resiliency'of the grain, in order to permit of the expeditious tying of the grain with twine.

Another object of the invention resides in the peculiar formation of the casing or housingin which the binding and locking instrumentalities are mounted. 1

A, further object of the invention is to provide a securing means for, the twine, eliminating the necessity, of knotting one end thereof which has heretofore been the case.

Other objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scope of my invention will be more readily understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim forming a part of this specification.

. Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the binder constructed in accordance with my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a sideelevational view of the same.

In the drawings wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of this invention, I

a casing generally designated 5 is provided, which in the present instance comprises an elongated metallic plate, one end 6 of which is folded upon itself to provide a housing for a pulley 7, said pulley being of the usual configuration, the periphery thereof being concaved, the opposite end 7 of said plate being likewise folded upon itself to provide a housing for the locking element 8, the latter in the present instance comprising a segmental block, one face 9 of which is serrated and concaved, said block having associated therewith a finger 10, which comprises an operating lever for disengaging the block, the inner end of said finger 10 being secured in the segmental block by the provision of an opening 11 1n the block through which is inserted a pin or analogous securing element which engages through the inner end of the finger, in order to prevent displacement of the latter. The end 6 is relatively longer than the end 7,

in view of the fact that the pulley-wheel 7" is desired to be entirely housed therein, while only one end of the segmental block said strap being reversely folded upon it self and arcuated in order that a maximunr amount of resiliency may be had, and at the same time, providing a flared end 13, to facilitate the engagement of twine therebeneath, and which likewise, allows for the ready removal of the twine therefrom, since the end 13 will likewise provide a means for disengaging the strap from the twine. I-Ieretofore, it has been customary to associate eyes, etc., with the casings through which the binding twine is passed, one end of the twine usually being knotted in order to prevent its displacement, but in view of the provision in the present invention of the clasp 12, it will be unnecessary to knot the twine, the latter being merely engaged between the folded end and the body. On the opposite end 6 is mounted a knife element 141, the latter in the present instance having one end thereof secured to a bolt 15, said bolt serving the dual purpose of providing an axi for the pulley 7, the element 1 1 having a V-shaped opening cut through one of its margins, said opening having the edges thereof beveled to provide cutting blades, by which the twine is out after having been engaged around the grain shock. In order to retain the knife element 14. from movement on. the plate 5, a rivet is engaged therethrough and with the end. 6, as advantageously illustrated in Fig. 1.

A link 16 is carried by the end 7 of the casing, which is engaged by one end of the cable 17, the opposite end of the latter being extended around the grain shock and being trained over the pulley 7 so as to be automatically locked by the resiliency of the grain when the free end thereof is relies in close proximity to the pulley 7, so that etc, for facilitating the binding of the shock, as' well 'as 'lo'cking the cable, which binds the shock, automatically by the resiliency of the grain,'but it is the object of the present invention to provide a simpler and more durable device which may be "manufactured at a relatively smaller cost.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanying drawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of my invention and that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion'and arrangement of parts may be made within the scope of the appended claim and without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A shock binder, comprising a metal strap having its end portions folded and the extremities of the folded ends spaced apart,

bolts connecting the folded ends with the body of the strap, clamping elements mounted on the bolts and adapted to grip a binder inserted through the space formed between the extremities of the said folded ends, a

clamp held against the outer side of one of the said folded ends by one of the said bolts, and a cutter held against the outer side of the remaining folded end by the other bolt.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses;

TEUN IS W. VAN ZANTE.

' Witnesses:

JOHN J VANDERWERFF, ENGEL HVERPLOEG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of 'Patents, Washington, D. G. 

